CERECO OPENS DOORS TO COUNCILLOR
As a Councillor and Second Deputy to the Mayor, it is only natural that I am interested in the well-being of the people and the animals in our community. However I must stress that the priority must and always will More...
RELEASED LYNX FOUND DEAD
An Iberian Lynx, that we reported to have been released back into the wild in December, has been found dead. An initial autopsy has been inconclusive, but investigators are still hoping to piece together the pieces More...
Bull injures two in Spain at Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz film location
Filming for Knight & Day was to have begun tomorrow in Cadiz, Spain, but permission has been suspended by the Cadiz mayor’s office after two women were injured today by bulls that were part of the movie's More...
Bardot joins bullfighting debate in Spain
French screen goddess turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has appealed to the government of Catalonia to back a campaign to ban bullfighting in the northeastern Spanish region. Skip related content The More...
First female ‘Angolan Giraffe’ born in Malaga, Spain
A female Angolan giraffe also known as the Smoky Giraffe has been born at the Selwo Adventure Park in Estepona, in the province of Malaga.According to a report on Typically Spanish her name is Antenea and she is More...
Six rescued vultures released
On Saturday August 8th, officers from SEPRONA (the environment arm of the Guardia Civil) found fifteen vultures and a dog that had been poisoned in the vicinity of the town of Palencia Osornillo. Twelve of the birds More...
Dogs rescued from “too small” house.
A group of dogs have been rescued from a home in Madrid, where they were being kept in cramped conditions, in a house of 40 square meters in the town of San Sebastian de los Reyes. The house did not meet the requirements More...
Dolphin body language ‘follows human verbal communication’
As a general rule, the most frequently used words in human languages tend to be the shortest. The same law applies to dolphins slapping their tails, diving, flopping sideways, and performing other movements when More...
Spain gave 20 specimens of Iberian lynx to Portugal following the Captivity Breeding Action Plan
Portugal undertook to implement and set forth – in three years at the latest – an in-detail programme with at least a potential area to reintroduce the Iberian lynx. Should these specimens breed, they could More...
Extinct rodent species discovered
An international team of scientists has discovered an extinct rodent species, based on fossil tooth remains found in Alborache, Valencia. Eomyops noeliae, from the Eomyidae family, represents the oldest find within More...
Abandoned cat rescued from Metro tunnel
A cat, thought to have been abandoned buy her owner, has been rescued from a life of loneliness and fear in an underground train tunnel in Barcelona. The cat, which has now been named Forat, has been seem living More...
Should bull running be banned?
Despite having been gored five times by a bull at the Pamplona bull run in northern Spain, Julen Madina sees no reason to put an end to the annual event which led to one death this year. “The bull run is the More...
Gervais defended over bullfight comments
Animal rights campaigners have rushed to defend British funnyman Ricky Gervais after he was criticized for condemning bullfighting while continuing to eat meat. The Office creator was slammed in an article published More...
Humans Can Develop Bat-Like Echolocation
Humans can develop echolocation, a system of acoustic signals used by dolphins and bats to “see” their surroundings, new research has found. Spanish researchers say that producing certain kinds of tongue More...
Woolly mammoths roamed southern Spain
Remains of woolly mammoths have been found in southern Spain, proving that the chilly grip of the last Ice Age extended farther south than thought, palaeontologists said on Thursday. The fossilized remains of at More...
EU denounces eleven Spanish zoos
Conservation, education, public safety and animal welfare are the four standards to be met by a zoo, according to European law. In Spain, 11 zoos across the country do not respect these rules, according to a report More...
Terra Natura water park evacuated
The water park area of the Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm was evacuated this morning, following a gas leak in a water injection pump of a swimming pool, according to sources from the attraction and the Alicante More...
Busy roads for the summer
The Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) is expecting that between the months of July and August there will be 84 million trips, a figure similar to that recorded last year but 4,5 per cent lower than the summer More...
Abandoned dogs caused nearly 3000 accidents in 2008
Abandoned dogs caused nearly 3.000 road accidents in Spain in 2008, according to figures from a campaign against pet abandonment filed on Friday by the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) in partnership with animal More...
Most endangered feline brought back from the brink
Road signs throughout the vast Donana National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Spain, warn drivers to watch out for lynxes. But actually there is little chance of spotting a member of the world’s More...
